Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-08
CRIME.
NJ. 7'almage Proposes to De-
crease 1t.

/ compulsory Education Advocated.
,.,vS June 1?.-This morning at
PIMA ',rarle the Rev. L. DE Witt Tall
., previous TO the sermon, por-
scripture descriptive of ancient
vi cave out the hymn:
!1, nrc white. the harvest waiting;
tg t',' will baar the shelves AWAY
,o , was, "And the men of the city
,,o Elisha, Behold, pray thee, the
Nv Of this city is pleasant. as my
oa,h; but the water is naught, and
s,nl barren. And he said, Bring me
mise. and put salt therein. And
roueht it TO him. And he went
,nto the spring of the waters, and
salt i'll there, and said, thus said
prl have healed these waters;
EIall not be from thence any more
~ barren land. Sothe waters were
rnto this day." II. Kings ii, 1922.
|Tsmage said: 1t is difficult to esti-
low much of the prosperity and
Of a city are dependent upon good
The time when through we'll laid
nd from safe reservoir an abundance
Or from Croton or Ridgewood or
NH brought into the city is appro-
celebrated with Grafton and pyro-
display. Thank God every day
|or. bright, beautiful sparkling water
[ops in the shower or losses up in
5nain or rushes out of the hydrant.
city of Jericho, Notwithstanding all
ksical and commercial advantages,
cking in this important element.
was enough water, but it was dis
and the people We're crying out by
thereof. Elisha, the prophet, comes
rescue. He say: "Get me new
Ill it with salt and bring it to me-"
cruise of salt was brought to the
1, and I see him walking out to the
reservoir, and be takes that salt
rows it into the reservoir, and 10!
impurities depart, through super
and divine influence, and the waters
land fresh and clear, and all the
clap their hands and lift up their
h tie gladness. Water for Jericho
bri ght, beautiful, God given
feront times I have pointed out to
fountains of municipal corruption,
is morning [ propose to show you
re the means for the rectitication of
fountains. There are four or five
of salt that have q cleansing ten
50 far as God may help me, I
ring a cruise of salt to the work, and
it into the great reservoir of munic-
lime. sin and shame, ignorance and
patton.
bis work of cleansing our cities, I
stto remark that there is work
broom and the shovel that nothing
Iudo. There always has been an
lie connection between iniquity and
The filthy parts of the great cities
says the most ubiquitous parts. The
and the pavements of the Fourth
New York, illustrate and symbolic
lacter Of the people in the Fourth
first thing that a bad man does
his converted is thoroughly to wash
There We're, this morning. on the
he different churches, thousands
.proper apparel who, before their
{, we're unfit in their Sabbath
Ven on the Sabbath l see q man
sFn his dress, my suspicious in
bAls moral character are aroused,
Fare always we'll founded. So as
no excuse for lack of ablntion,
cleft the continents with rivers
5, and has sunk five great oceans,
tie world ought to be clean. Away,
IN tha dirt frop, o,,r ,,;I;oe, .,,k .,>l..
the physical health needs an ablu-
because all the great moral and
interests of the cities demand it
bltive necessity. A filthy city al
been and always will be wicked
Oh the upturning of the earth for
Gprovement our city could not be
to be as clean as usual, but for
flltable dirt of Brooklyn for the
lonths there is no excuse. It is
~ matter of dust in the eyes,
for the shoes, and of stencil for
Flls, but of morals for the soul.
er corrective influence that we
|flns to bear upon the evils of our
ues Is Christian printing press.
spapers OF any place are the test
crafty or immortality. The news
runs along the streets with a roll
under his arm is tremendous
cannot be turned aside nor re-
pa at his every step the city is
or degraded. This hungry, all
American mind must have
70 read, and upon editors and
ana book publishers and parents
ehers rests the responsibility of
y shall read. Almost every man
- mas book in his hand or q
" IN his pocket. What book is it
III Your hand? What newspaper
III. nave in your pocket? Ministers
" , fe1ormers may plan, philan-
may toll for the elevation of the
anu the criminal, but until all the
as Oh the land and all the book
The land set themselves against
', :. llterature-until then we
aSil,,lng against fearful odds.
.'.s 'he cylinders Of our great
houses turn they make the
IKE N, From them goes forth a
Int an angel of light to feed and
world, or like an angel of dark
s n.Oe FL. It With corruption and sin
ut ana death. May God by His
=, spirit purify and elevate the
printing press!
~. .afther and Say We must depend
, na Tor great deal of correct
- w. A community can no more
~"se ignorant men in its midst
!" aa n to have uncaged hyenas.
b ii 'ne mother Of hydra headed
~ !S,y-one per cent. of all the
VI VII; New York State can neither
, IiNe' Intellectual darkness is
Nue. l4e precursor of moral darkness.
n 'Ite are educated outlaws-men
m nu 'helr sharpness Of intellect,
any ANY, dangerous. They use their
Nd l01 y, IN signing other peoples
'helr science in ingenious
,,i' u!u their fine manners in
~a1 They 90 their round of
MI lieut. apparel, and dangling
pIa, "atch ,, OF eighteen karats, |
en; neS. They are refined, edu-
'~I :. cent villains. But that is the
kLo - IS generally the case that the